Updated: December 29, 2017

A HUNTER IN LEOMA WAS FOUND DEAD THURSDAY EVENING.  ACCORDING TO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WERE CALLED TO A CEDAR HILL ROAD PROPERTY JUST BEFORE 5 P-M ON A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE A-T-V CRASH.  IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THE VICTIM, IDENTIFIED AS 74 YEAR OLD BRUCE NEAL COFFEE OF PLEASANT VIEW, TENNESSEE, DIED AS A RESULT OF NATURAL CAUSES AND NOT FROM THE VEHICLE CRASH.  COFFEE WHO WAS HUNTING IN THE AREA WAS FOUND BY MEMBERS OF HIS HUNTING PARTY AFTER HE FAILED TO RETURN AT SUNDOWN.  NO FOUL PLAY IN THE MATTER IS SUSPECTED.  MEMBERS OF THE LEOMA AND CROSSROADS FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND LAWRENCE COUNTY E-M-S RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.  THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.